The History of the National Board of Fire Underwriters: Fifty Years of a Civilizing Force

Harry Chase Brearley

Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916 - Fire insurance - 323 pages

Contents

• THE Beginning oF THE STORY: 3
• THE SETTING OF THE STORY Frontispiece: 4
• BRINGING Order OUT OF CHAOS: 14
• THE OLD QUARTERS AT 156 BROADWAY: 22
• THE STIMULUS of ADVERSITY: 27
• THE DANGERS OF PROSPERITY: 36
• REMOVING THE BONE OF CONTENTION: 51
• HENRY A OAKLEYGEORGE L CHASEALFRED: 52
• EBB TIDE AND Low Water: 60
• THE Return of THE TIDE: 70
• THE GROWTH OF FIRE PREVENTION: 78
• THE NATIONAL Board as a BALANCE WHEEL: 84
• AN ENLARGEMENT OF ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES: 87
• HENRY W EATONE C IRVINGEORGE P SHELDON: 92
• BALTIMORE and San FrancISCO: 95
• GRAPPLING WITH THE FIREWASTE PROBLEM: 104
• AN ERA OF LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION: 115
• ALONZO W DAMONGEORGE W BABBWILLIAM: 116
• PRESENT PHASES OF THE WORK: 133
• THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SESSION: 136
• FIELD WORK OF THE FIRE Prevention CoMMITTEE: 144
• THE MAIN ROOM OF THE ACTUARIAL BUREAU: 154
• THE GENERAL OFFICE AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS: 158
• FIRE PREVENTION TODAY: 160
• PRACTICAL Lessons In ConstrucTION: 166
• A VISIT TO THE Underwriters LABORATORIES: 178
• STUDYING FIRE HAZARD: 186
• THE HYDRAULIC LABORATORY: 190
• FIRE INSURANCE IN ITS RELATION TO THE POLICY HOLDER: 197
• FIRE Insurance in its RELATION TO BUSINESS: 206
• FIRE Insurance IN ITS RELATION TO THE STATE: 212
• THE NATIONAL BOARD AS A Civilizing FORCE: 226
• APPENDICES: 233
• INDEX: 313

Bibliographic information

• Title: The History of the National Board of Fire Underwriters: Fifty Years of a Civilizing Force
• Author: Harry Chase Brearley
• Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Dec 11, 2008
• Length: 323 pages